NEW YORK, NY.- Didier Aaron Gallery is pleased to present Teatro Grottesco - Drawings by Ofer Josef, the celebrated artist's first ever solo exhibition in New York, and the United States.


Wild Boar II, Ink on paper, 8.3 x 11.7 in. (21.0 × 29.7 cm), 2023

Josef's body of work is a mesmerizing mixture: macabre and chaotic blooms of dark ink are punctuated by madcap tangles of evocative line-work, often illuminated by a single spotlight, to present staged tableaus that nakedly expose the full spectrum of the bawdy human spectacle. The forsaken worlds of Goya, Hugo, Redon, Dix, and Baudelaire reverberate throughout.


Milk with Lactose, Ink on paper, 11.7 x 8.3 in. (29.7 x 21 cm.), 2024

Ofer Josef

Born in Tel Aviv in 1965, Josef moved to France at sixteen, where he shortly thereafter became one of the youngest students admitted to the École de Beaux-Art. After periods spent living and working in Berlin and Lisbon, Josef settled in Brazil, where he has resided since 1993.


Dewagatake, Ink on paper, 11.7 x 8.3 in. (29.7 x 21 cm.), 2024

Josef's work is held in private, public, and institutional collections internationally, including the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. He has exhibited extensively across Europe. Selected solo exhibitions include Galerie Meidosen, Paris (1987); Galerie Redmann, Berlin (1989 and 1991); Galerie Origráfica, Malmö (1990 and 1992); Galerie Fiat Dohye, Paris (1991); Galerie da Praça, Porto (1992); Galerie Dukan, Marseille (2000) and Paris (2018); Galerie Laurence Esnol, Paris (2020 and 2022); Maison Caillebotte, Yerres (2024); Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London (2025); Richard Nagy, London (2025); and the Festival du Dessin, Arles (2026).


Circus of Shadow, Ink on paper, 11.7 x 8.3 in. (29.7 x 21 cm.), 2024

Didier Aaron Inc.

Didier Aaron is a distinguished gallery with locations in Paris, New York, and London, specializing in Old Master paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Under the direction of Hervé Aaron, who currently serves as co-President of the Salon du Dessin, Board Member of the Maison Française at NYU, and President of the Endowment Fund of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the gallery has placed major works in many exceptional institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Louvre.


Bandida, Ink on paper, 8.3 x 11.7 in. (21.0 × 29.7 cm), 2024


Wild Boar I, Ink on paper, 8.3 x 11.7 in. (21.0 × 29.7 cm), 2023


Clair de Lune, Ink on paper, 11.7 x 8.3 in. (29.7 x 21 cm.), 2025